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April 2014 Watercolor On-Line Newsletter Exhibitions of Note Of a Feather: Audubon’s Birds After John James Audubon died in 1851, his widow sold the 435 watercolors he created for his opus, “The Birds of America,” to the New-York Historical Society. Last year, the society presented 200 of those masterpieces of ornithological observation in the first of a three- part exhibition series called “Audubon’s Aviary: The Complete Flock.” The second installment,
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April 2014 Watercolor On-Line Newsletter Exhibitions of Note
Of a Feather: Audubon’s Birds After John James Audubon died in 1851, his widow sold the 435 watercolors he created for his opus, “The Birds of America,” to the New-York Historical Society. Last year, the society presented 200 of those masterpieces of ornithological observation in the first of a three-part exhibition series called “Audubon’s Aviary: The Complete Flock.” The second installment,
subtitled “Parts Unknown,” opens Friday. It will display 132 more watercolors, most of water birds or waders. They represent some of Audubon’s biggest subjects, including the great blue heron and the whooping crane. Other species include the Atlantic puffin, which Audubon saw in Labrador; the snowy egret, which he studied in South Carolina; and the golden eagle, in particular a live but injured specimen that he bought in Boston and euthanized so he could paint it. The show will be enhanced by audio of bird calls and songs of each species from the Cornell Lab of Ornithology. Ken Johnson. nyhistory.org New York, New York March 21-May 26, 2014 22nd Annual Watercolor Exhibtion2014 Western Colorado Center for the Arts Grand Junction, CO March 5 –April 4, 2014 37TH International Exhibition Watercolor Art Society-Houston Alabama at Mandell Houston, TX March 11 - April 3, 2014 Gold Coast Watercolor Society Art Serve Ft. Lauderdale, FL March 15 – April 5, 2014 73rd National Exhibition Alabama Watercolor Society Decatur Visual Arts Center Decatur, AL March 9 - April 19, 2014
At First Sight: Collecting the American Watercolor Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art Bentonville, AR View the exhibition online here. January 18 through April 21, 2014 37th Annual Exhibition Kerr Arts & Cultural Center Kerrville, TX April 1 - 27, 2014
39th Annual Western Federation of Watercolor Societies Exhibition Arizona Watercolor Association Fountain Hills Community Center Fountain Hills, AZ April 1 –30, 2014 147th Annual International Exhibition of the American Watercolor Society Salmagundi Club New York, NY April 1 - 20, 2014. Hawaii Watercolor society 2014 members Exhibition ARTS at Marks Garage Honolulu, HI April 1 – 26, 2014 International Art Juried Exhibition Society of Watercolor Artists Juror: Steve Rogers Fort Worth, TX April 20-June 20, 2014
Brian Milbrand, Atomic Bomb #2, 2012, 10 1/2 x 14 1/2 inches Burchfield Penney Art Center Buffalo, NY MELT February 14–May 18, 2014 Through a process of time-lapse video Brian Milbrand documents how pigment laden ice melts into the creation of a watercolor. For presentation, he projects the resulting video on to the surface of the watercolor. The result is an active surface that is both the end result of a painting and the tale of the process. Not a didactic presentation on how a painting is made, the viewer questions the relationship between moving and static imagery.
Thomas Aquinas Daly, BK Fishing Downstream, 2012, watercolor on paper, 11 1/8 x 15 ¼ inches Fly Fishing: A Celebration of the Stream A Collaboration with Trout Unlimited of Western New York Burchfield Penney Art Center Buffalo, NY February 14–May 18, 2014 John Singer Sargent: The Watercolors Mar 2, 2014 - May 26, 2014 The Museum of Fine Arts Houston, TX For further information: http://www.mfah.org
Charles E. Burchfield (1893-1967), Blue Vista, 1916; watercolor on paper, 20 x 14 inches Charles E. Burchfield: Water Burchfield Penney Art Center Buffalo, NY February 14–June 1, 2014 A look at the nexus of water as subject and as the unifying vehicle for the watercolor medium. It features artworks from the Burchfield Penney Art Center’s collection and studies from the Charles E. Burchfield Foundation Archives, as well as a newly discovered work on loan from a private collection.
Charles E. Burchfield (1893-1967), Portrait Study in Spring Landscape, 1930-1960; watercolor, charcoal and graphite on paper, 28 x 34 inches Charles E Burchfield: Family Tree Burchfield Penney Art Center Buffalo, NY February 14–June 1, 2014 Family ties were important to Charles Ephraim Burchfield. He was only five years old when his father died and his mother, Alice, and five siblings (James, Frances, Louise, Joseph and Fred) moved to Salem, Ohio to restart their lives. In 1922 he married his Ohio sweetheart, Bertha Kenreich, and they raised a family of five children: Mary Alice, Martha, Sally, Catherine and Charles Arthur. Because Burchfield tended to use symbols and to anthropomorphize his landscapes, there are very few portraits of the people who meant so much to him.
Exhibitions to Enter Artwork Watercolor U.S.A 2014 Springfield Art Museum Springfield, MO Deadline: May 2, 2014 For further Information: http://www.springfieldmo.gov/art/watercolorusa/ 41st Annual Rocky Mountain National Watermedia Exhibition Foothills Art Center, Juror Linda Doll Golden, CO Submission Deadline: May 12, 2014 (mailed in), May 26, 2014 (online) September 13 – October 26, 2014 For further information: Becky Guy at [email protected] 46th WATERCOLOR WEST INTERNATIONAL JURIED EXHIBITION Deadline: June 30, 2014, on-Line entries Transparent Watercolor Juror: Judy Morris
Brea Art Gallery Brea, CA October 11 - December 14, 2014 For Further Information: www.watercolorwest.org
Museums and Organizations
Nordic Watercolour Museum Sweden http://akvarellmuseet.org/en Art Institute Chicago Multimedia Watercolor search resources: videos, demonstrations, audio http://www.artic.edu/aic/multimedia/multimedia-search/results/watercolor
Demonstrations, Workshops, Lectures
Basket of Begonias Color Temperature: Creating Mood and Atmosphere Denise Sperry
Burchfield Penney Art Center Buffalo, NY April 6, 2014 Using color to create a mood is the emphasis in this watercolor workshop. The hands-on class will be a series of exercises to create a successful "moody" painting. *Check out Denise Sperry’s nine color Mission Gold Landscape Watercolor set by Mijello. For further information: [email protected].
Quiet Morning Plein Air Painting: Knowing When to Stop Roland E Stevens Burchfield Penney Art Center Buffalo, NY April 13, 2014 How do you know when to stop painting? Chip will discuss his own near disasters and how he resolved and salvaged them. Chips Plein Air watercolors are created using his intuition without the use of photo reference material. Plein Air painting can have plenty of complications and opportunities. Moving shadows, ocean tides, clouds, chickens, people, sun, wind, fog, rain, snow, and drying time makes it a tricky composition. Timing is everything. For further information: [email protected]. Niagara Frontier Watercolor Society Demonstration: Valerie Larsen Amherst Community Church Buffalo, NY April 24, 2014 For further information: http://nfws.org/event/workshops The featured artist demonstrator will be Rochester artist, Valerie Larsen. Valerie has a studio and gallery space in the popular Anderson Arts Building in Rochester’s Neighborhood of the Arts. She exhibits her work throughout the U.S., and is a signature member of the National Watercolor Society, the Watercolor USA Honor Society and the Philadelphia Water Color Society. Valerie states, “Like a journalist, I look for the slant in which the important elements of a painting can be woven together into a cohesive and meaningful story. Each work is a decision making process with preliminary drawings and color studies to resolve the composition, design, technique, and even
style choices to communicate more clearly the essential ideas of the painting. There is an invitation for the viewer to enter the scene without a personal editorial.”
37th Southern Watercolor Society’s Annual Exhibition Linda Doll Workshop Kerr Arts and Cultural Center Kerrville, TX In conjunction with the 37th Annual Juried Exhibition April 8—11, 2014 Figurative Design in Watercolor Jeannie McGuire Scottsdale Art School Scottsdale, AZ April 14 - 18, 2014 For further information: http://scottsdaleartschool.org
Paint a Glowing Spring Still Life in Watercolor Barbara Fox Burchfield Penney Art Center Buffalo, NY April 27, 2014 My paintings begin with a moment of connection with an object or scene: I see it, it fascinates me, and I want to paint it. Class participants will focus on color, light, and the details we usually don‘t notice in a casual glance. As a result, the more than something to look at for a few seconds, your painting will be a compelling scene with a sense of discovery. For further information: [email protected]. Pennsylvania Watercolor Society Spring Workshop with Karlyn Holman Hummelstown Fire Department Hummelstown, PA June 16 -20, 2014 For further information: [email protected]
Books, Catalogues and Publications
Preface by Sujean Rim, Introduction by Leslie Dutcher Publisher Chronicle Books, San Francisco, CA, Copyright 2013 Watercolor is taking the art, fashion, and home décor worlds by storm. The result is an explosion of new work by contemporary artists. This volume surveys the current revival of this medium, in portfolios from more than 20 of today's top watercolor artists from around the globe.
In the News
Chong Fei Giap, an illustration of Malaysian-inspired buildings. Graphics Touch to Watercolour Painting Chong Fei Giap is an artist and watercolours are his favorite. But you won't find Chong taking a brush and working on his canvas. Instead, he uses a laptop and digital drawing tablet to "draw" a watercolour feel to Malaysian shop lots and back alleys, hanging telephone wires and fishing villages. Chong said he would use 3D software to render shapes into buildings and then use Photoshop to fill in colours and details.
Untitled, gouache on paper
Untitled, gouache on paper Swiss artist, Silvia Bächli, is a watercolourist with her first solo exhibition at the Nordic Watercolour Museum in Sweden. “Pervading her work is a tone ranging from the playful to the frightening – almost helpless – in the vulnerability of all living creatures that it reveals.” http://akvarellmuseet.org/en/exhibition/silvia-bachli
William Wegman, Old Boys and Young Girls, 1993, Watercolor on paper
Painting with Ice The Burchfield Penney Art Center hosted a drop-in workshop in March 14, 2014. Inspired by the installation MELT by Brian Milbrand in the galleries, participants painted with watercolor ice cubes melting on paper. The results were landscapes of water, icebergs, and glaciers. _______________________________________________________________________ On-line Newsletter Editor Kathy Gaye Shiroki, Curator of Museum Learning and Community Engagement Monet Kifner, Intern at the Burchfield Penney Art Center at Buffalo State College
